Cardiology centre opened in Mogilev, with Lukashenko in attendance
The Head of State went to Mogilev today to take part in ceremonies to open the Mogilev Regional Clinical Hospital’s cardiac surgery and therapeutics buildings, in addition to a sports and recreational complex in the Fatina residential district
New healthcare facilities will enable residents of the region to gain access to high-tech medical care. The four-storey cardiac surgery building occupies an area of about 9,000 square metres and houses an intensive care unit with 18 beds, a cardiac surgery department with 30 beds, and an organ transplantation division for 10 patients. In addition, the facility is equipped with X-ray computed tomography and radiography rooms, and five operating rooms – including one hybrid room where cardio- and endovascular surgeons can work together and perform operations not only on the heart but also on blood vessels.
In turn, the five-storey therapeutics building occupies an area of about 14,500 square metres and has 172 beds.
“Opening of a full-fledged cardiology centre is a significant event for the whole region. We really needed it. From now on, doctors and patients will feel more comfortable,” Natalia Severina, the Deputy Chief Doctor of the Mogilev Regional Clinical Hospital for Cardiac and Therapeutics Care, said.
New equipment – such as a CT scanner, X-ray and ultrasound machines, consoles for intensive care units, and an angiograph – will significantly expand the possibilities of functional diagnostics. “In addition, a waiting list for open heart surgery will be cut: from 18 months to 3-4. Moreover, the number of such operations will increase: previously, we performed 270 operations a year but will now be able to do up to 500,” Chief Doctor Anatoly Kulik commented. “Previously, we sent patients of the region suffering from atrial fibrillation to Minsk’s Cardiology Centre but can now treat them in Mogilev. A hybrid operating room has been equipped for complex and minimally invasive surgical interventions. Possibilities of our consultative polyclinic have also extended: it now can service up to 700 patients a day (instead of 500 in the past). Moreover, we plan to master not only kidney but also liver transplantation at the relevant department.”
According to Mr. Kulik, the new hospital buildings have been built owing to an investment programme of the Mogilev Region and the People's Health and Demographic Security for 2021-2025 state programme. More than Br82m (approx. $33m) were spent on construction and purchase of equipment; the money was allocated by the regional and Republican budgets, and also sponsors.
As for the sports and recreational complex in the Fatina residential district, it now operates at full capacity. Its boxing, wrestling, table tennis halls, an archery shooting range, rooms for athletes, administrative offices and a conference hall are operational since spring. In September, a sauna, a gym and a fitness room opened to city residents, and two swimming pools are now ready. One of them has four tracks and is 25m long – which is suitable for children. The other 50m swimming pool has ten tracks and will be able to host even international competitions.
